New US free college plans show pitfalls of local options
Cornell, New Mexico and Morehouse schemes highlight importance of debate at federal level, say experts
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The art of the rebound for international students
Helping students with mental health issues requires an approach that teaches them resilience, argues Frank Haber
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Is it time to pursue ‘interculturalisation’?
The international, multicultural attitudes vital for living and working in diverse environments can be developed without travelling abroad, writes Elspeth Jones
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Joint degrees can help shift national policy on EU harmonisation
National legislation can be a barrier to offering one diploma from two universities, joint degree advocate says
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Defer Macron’s dream for European universities, mobility experts say
The French president’s ambitious plan for cross-border universities will require at least seven years given integration required, experts warn
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The gruesome past of Irish medical education
Shane McCorristine considers the illicit and sometimes horrifying ways teaching institutions used to secure corpses for trainee doctors to learn anatomy
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International education must find ‘balance’ on public good and cash
EAIE report analyses views of 2,300 international education staff on their universities’ priorities
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Interview with Bernardine Evaristo
The 2019 Booker Prize nominee and Brunel University London professor on how disapproval of her parents’ interracial marriage and their ‘mixed-race kids’ spurred her to write
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Even one week’s study abroad can boost skills, experts argue
Trend for ‘shorter and closer’ overseas study options among Japanese students puts premium on demonstrating educational value, EAIE conference hears
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Careers intelligence: helping postdocs find jobs
Improving the career prospects of postdocs is now a priority of UK universities and research funders
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Remote conference attendees are not shirkers
Caring duties and environmental responsibility do not signify a lack of commitment to scholarship, says Danielle George
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Women and ethnic minorities advance slowly in UK universities
Percentage of BAME and female professors has gone up but ‘there is still a long way to go’, Advance HE report shows
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Does performance-based funding work?
As governments around the world increasingly look to follow US states’ lead and link university funding to the recruitment, retention and employability of students, Paul Basken surveys the results of...
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Helping the OED to turn over a new fig leaf
The iconic dictionary’s misogynist descriptions of female genitalia were ripe for revision, say Emma Rees and Ellie Stedall